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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

From: To Wawa with Love

Outlines traditions in place in Sinterville for Rememberance Day 5 $0.50 Add
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Lord Durham's "Radical" Intervention (1839) and Reaction's Revenge (1849)
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Lord Durham’s “Radical” Intervention (1839) and Reaction’s Revenge (1849)

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter looks at the policies of Lord Durham which created the Province of Canada under the Act of Union of 1840 and implemented a common commercial system and punitive measures particularly … 7 $0.70 Add
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Oedipus Wrecks a Homecoming

Oedipus Wrecks a Homecoming

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses the return of his father after the war and how this man was not recognizable as his father 8 $0.80 Add
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On to New Adventure

On to New Adventure

From: To Wawa with Love

The family journies back to Sault Ste. Marie 4 $0.40 Add
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Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions
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Part Two, The Capitalist Road from Colony to Nation, 1790-1890 and Contradictory Compulsions

Colonial Autocracy and Capitalist & "Liberty," 1791-1820

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter reviews the continued expansion of British rule in North America and the establishment of Upper Canada and Lower Canada under the Constitutional Act of 1791 14 $1.40 Add
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Playing with a Dead Fly

Playing with a Dead Fly

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about an incident at school and how he got in trouble and was given the strap by the teacher 5 $0.50 Add
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Preface

Preface

From: To Wawa with Love

Briefly discusses the living conditions in the northern mining towns in the 1940s and outlines how the authors family ended up going to one. 3 $0.30 Add
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Rebellion and the End of Empire’s First Nations Alliances
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Rebellion and the End of Empire’s First Nations Alliances

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses changes in Indigenous alliances with the British during the period of rebellion in Upper and Lower Canada. 8 $0.80 Add
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Reprieve for an Innocent Man

Reprieve for an Innocent Man

From: To Wawa with Love

The explanation from his Mom about why his father seemed so different and his acceptance of this altered man. Also mentions their move 6 $0.60 Add
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Rocky Takes a Fall

Rocky Takes a Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about the cold climate of the small town, the overcrowded elementary school due to a population boom, and the development of a budy system for going to the outhouse at school 8 $0.80 Add
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Salute to Sinterville

Salute to Sinterville

From: To Wawa with Love

His father’s position in the army is mentioned and the skills he had which got him it, talks about his dad’s drinking, their move to Sinterland 7 $0.70 Add
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Secret arrangements for departure

Secret arrangements for departure

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

The quiet arrangements that had to be made in order to leave the camp ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

From: To Wawa with Love

Discusses his father’s drinking problem, and the built up frustration of his mother which eventually led to an ultimatium which meant he got help 6 $0.60 Add
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The haiku club

The haiku club

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses the Haiku Club at Angler ; 7 $0.70 Add
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The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about getting into a fight because he was defending his younger brother and outlines his father’s opinions on fighting with honour 7 $0.70 Add
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The Harper Touch

The Harper Touch

From: To Wawa with Love

Talks about school yard bullying during his youth especially related to a family called Harper and how the teachers dealt with it…not in the correct way by todays standards 4 $0.40 Add